Felix Kwieton

Felix Kwieton
nation	Empire of Austria
birthday	November 16, 1877
place of birth	Unterdöbling ,  Austria
date of death	December 19, 1958
Career
discipline	Middle distance running ; Long distance running
Best performance	1500 m: 4: 16.2 min; Marathon: 3:00:48 h
society	Vienna AC

Felix Kwieton (born November 16, 1877 in Unterdöbling , today a district of Vienna , Austria ; † December 19, 1958 ) was an Austrian medium , long-distance and cross-country runner .

Felix Kwieton, who grew up in Unterdöbling , today a district of the Austrian capital Vienna , was one of the best Austrian medium and long distance runners at the beginning of the 20th century. He started for the Vienna AC . He was a four-time Austrian national champion. He won his first two titles in cross-country running, in which he became national champion in 1902 and 1905.

After that, he first specialized in the stadium run in various distances. In 1911 he was champion in the 1,500 meter run and in 1913 in the 5,000 meter run . For the Austrian team he took part in the Olympic Intermediate Games in Athens in 1906 . In the competitions over 1500 meters and 5 miles, he was eliminated in the first round. He couldn't finish the marathon.

At the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912 , he was used again in the marathon . He reached the finish in 20th place with his personal best of 3:00:48 h.

Web links

• Felix Kwieton in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )